No Juliari Batubara When The KPK Reconstructs The Bansos Covid-19 Case

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is carrying out reconstruction in the case of alleged bribery for the provision of social assistance (bansos) COVID-19 in the Greater Jakarta area.

The reconstruction was held at C1 KPK Building, Jalan HR Rasuna Said, South Jakarta. Based on VOI monitoring at the location, reconstruction began at 12.10 WIB by presenting three suspects, namely the Ministry of Social Affairs' commitment maker (PPK) Adi Wahyono, and Matheus Joko Santoso, as well as the private sector Harry Sidabuke.

Meanwhile, the former Minister of Social Affairs Juliari Peter Batubara is currently not at the location.

The reconstruction begins with the scene of Matheus' conversation in an office room occupied by the Director of Social Protection for Natural Disaster Victims (PSKBA), M. Syafii Nasution at the Ministry of Social Affairs Office. In this scene, the name of the member of Commission II DPR RI Ihsan Yunus who was previously investigated and canceled his attendance is also included.

Until now, case reconstruction is still ongoing and several scenes related to the bribery case have been reenacted.

Previously, the KPK named a number of suspects in connection with the alleged corruption case of social assistance (bansos) food packages for the handling of COVID-19 in the Jabodetabek area including the non-active Social Minister Juliari Batubara.

Apart from Juliari, the KPK also named four other suspects, namely the Commitment Making Officer at the Ministry of Social Affairs (PPK) MJS and AW as the recipient of the bribe and AIM and HS as the giver of the bribe.

This case began when Juliari appointed two commitment-making officials (PPK) Matheus Joko Santoso and Adi to carry out this project by directly appointing partners. The KPK suspects that it was agreed that there was a fee from the work package that partners had to pay to the Ministry of Social Affairs.

There is also a fee for each COVID-19 social assistance package agreed by Matheus and Adi of IDR 10,000 from a value of IDR 300 thousand.

Matheus and Adi then made work contracts with several suppliers as partners for providing social assistance in May-November 2020. The partners chosen were AIM, HS, and PT Rajawali Parama Indonesia alias PT RPI which allegedly belonged to Matheus and whose appointment was known to Juliari.

In the first phase of the distribution of social assistance, a fee of IDR 12 billion is suspected. Matheus gave around Rp. 8.2 billion in cash to Juliari through Adi which was then used to meet personal needs.

In this silent operation, the KPK also confiscated evidence in the form of money that had been prepared from the bribes, namely AIM and HS in one of the apartments in Jakarta and Bandung. Rp14.5 billion was kept in a number of suitcases and bags and consisted of rupiah denominations and foreign currency.